List of mobile network operators

For a more comprehensive list of mobile phone operators, see Mobile country codes.

Terrestrial

This is a list of the world's 25 largest terrestrial mobile phone network operators measured by number of subscriptions.

Rank	Company	Main markets	Technology	Total subscriptions (in millions)	Ownership (100% ownership unless stated otherwise)
1	China Mobile Communications Corporation	China (China Mobile) Hong Kong (CMHK) Pakistan (Zong)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, TD-SCDMA, TD-HSDPA, TD-LTE, FD-LTE (Hong Kong only), 4G+, 5G	1003.9^[1] (September 2024)	Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%) Public stock (25.75%)
2	Bharti Airtel Limited	List Chad (Airtel) DR Congo (Airtel) Gabon (Airtel) India (Airtel) Kenya (Airtel Kenya) Madagascar (Airtel) Malawi (Airtel) Niger (Airtel) Nigeria (Airtel) Republic of the Congo (Airtel) Rwanda (Airtel) Seychelles (Airtel) Tanzania (Airtel Tanzania) Uganda (Airtel Uganda) Zambia (Airtel)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, UMTS, HSPA+, LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G	563.2^[2] (September 2024)	Bharti Enterprises (66.57%) Singtel (32.15%) Google (1.28%)
3	Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited	India	List LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G	461.2^[3] (November 2024)	Jio Platforms
4	China Telecom Corp., Ltd	China Macau	List CDMA, EV-DO TD-LTE, LTE, 4G+, 5G	423.4^[4] (September 2024)	China Telecommunications Corporation (State Owned) (70.89%)
5	China Unicom Limited	China	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, , TD-LTE, LTE, 4G+, 5G	345.0^[5] (September 2024)	China Unicom Limited (40.92%) China Netcom Group (29.49%) Telefónica (0.6%)
6	Vodafone Group plc	List Albania (Vodafone) Australia (Vodafone) Czech Republic (Vodafone) Egypt (Vodafone) Germany (Vodafone) Greece (Vodafone) Ireland (Vodafone) Italy (Vodafone) Netherlands (Vodafone) Northern Cyprus (Vodafone) Portugal (Vodafone) Romania (Vodafone) South Africa (Vodacom) Spain (Vodafone) Tanzania (Vodacom) Turkey (Vodafone) United Kingdom (Vodafone)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G	323.0^[6] (December 2023)
7	América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V	List Argentina (Claro) Austria (Telekom Austria) Belarus (A1) Brazil (Claro) Bulgaria (A1) Chile (Claro) Colombia (Claro) Costa Rica (Claro) Croatia (A1) Dominican Republic (Claro) Ecuador (Claro) El Salvador (Claro) Guatemala (Claro) Honduras (Claro) Mexico (Telcel) Nicaragua (Claro) North Macedonia (A1) Paraguay (Claro) Peru (Claro) Puerto Rico (Claro) Serbia (A1) Slovenia (A1 Slovenija) Uruguay (Claro)	List D-AMPS, cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA+, LTE	315.8^[7] (September 2024)	Helu Slim (36.50%) Carlos Slim (6.84%) Public stock (56.66%)
8	Orange S.A.	List Belgium (Orange) Botswana (Orange) Cameroon (Orange) Central African Republic (Orange) Democratic Republic of the Congo (Orange) Dominican Republic (Orange) Egypt (Orange) Equatorial Guinea (Orange) France (Orange) Guinea (Sonatel) Guinea-Bissau (Sonatel) Ivory Coast Jordan (Orange) Kenya (Orange) Luxembourg Madagascar (Orange) Mali (Orange) Moldova (Orange) Morocco (Orange) Niger (Orange) Poland (Orange) Romania (Orange) Senegal (Orange) (50%) Slovakia (Orange) Spain (Orange) Tunisia (Orange)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE	305.3^[8] (December 2024)	Public stock (77%) Government of France (23%)
9	Telefónica S.A.	List Argentina (Movistar) Brazil (Vivo) Chile (Movistar) Colombia (Movistar) Ecuador (Movistar) Germany (O₂) Mexico (Movistar) Peru (Movistar) Spain (Movistar) United Kingdom (O₂) Uruguay (Movistar) Venezuela (Movistar)	List D-AMPS, cdmaOne, CDMA2000, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE	303.2^[9] (September 2024)
10	MTN Group Limited	List Benin Botswana Cameroon Republic of the Congo Eswatini (30%) Ghana Guinea Iran (49%) Ivory Coast Liberia Nigeria Rwanda South Africa South Sudan Sudan Uganda Zambia	List GSM,	288.0^[10] (September 2024)	Public stock (60.02%) Government Employees Pension Fund (25.33%) M1 (10.05%)
11	Deutsche Telekom AG	List Austria (Magenta Telekom) Croatia (Hrvatski Telekom) Czech Republic (T-Mobile CZ) Germany (Deutsche Telekom) Greece (Cosmote) Hungary (Magyar Telekom) Montenegro (Crnogorski Telekom) North Macedonia (Makedonski Telekom) Poland (T-Mobile PL) Puerto Rico (T-Mobile US) Romania (Telekom Romania) Slovakia (Slovak Telekom) United States (T-Mobile US) United States Virgin Islands (T-Mobile US)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+, LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, 5G NR	258.8^[11] (September 2024)	Free float (68.1%) Federal Republic of Germany (31.9%)
12	Vodafone Idea Ltd	India	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G	209.0^[12] (November 2024)	Government of India (23.8%) Vodafone Group Plc (23.2%) Aditya Birla Group (15%)
13	Axiata Group Berhad	List Bangladesh (Robi) Cambodia (Smart) Indonesia (XL) Malaysia (CelcomDigi) Sri Lanka (Dialog)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-A, 5G NR	162.5^[13] (December 2023)	Public stock (54.91%) Government of Malaysia (45.09%)
14	PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel)	Indonesia East Timor	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, 5G	159.3^[14] (December 2023)	Telkom Indonesia (65%) Singtel (35%)
15	Emirates Telecommunication Group Company PJSC (Etisalat)	List Afghanistan (etisalat) Benin (Moov) Burkina Faso (Moov) Central African Republic (Moov) Chad (Moov) Egypt (e& Egypt) Gabon (Moov) Côte d'Ivoire (Moov) Mali (Sotelma) Mauritania (Mauritel) Morocco (Maroc Telecom) Niger (Moov) Pakistan (Ufone) Saudi Arabia (Mobily) Togo (Moov) United Arab Emirates (e&)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE	159^[15] (2021)	Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%) Public stock (39.97%)
16	VEON Ltd.	List Bangladesh (Banglalink) Kazakhstan (Beeline) Kyrgyzstan (Beeline) Pakistan (Jazz) Ukraine (Kyivstar) Uzbekistan (Beeline)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE	154.2 (November 2024)	Letterone Investment Holdings S.A. (47.9%) Public stock (43.8%) Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor (8.3%)
17	Ooredoo QSC	List Algeria (Ooredoo) Indonesia (Indosat) Iraq (Asiacell) Kuwait (Ooredoo) Maldives Ooredoo Oman (Ooredoo) Palestine (Ooredoo) Qatar (Ooredoo) Tunisia (Ooredoo	List CDMA, EV-DO, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE	149.4^[16] (Q3 2024)	Government of Qatar
18	Verizon Communications	United States United States Virgin Islands Puerto Rico	List HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-Advanced, LTE-A Pro, 5G NR	146^[17] (December 2024)	Verizon Communications
19	AT&T Inc.	United States (AT&T Mobility LLC) Mexico (AT&T Mexico)	List HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-Advanced, LTE-A Pro, 5G NR	139.0^[18] (September 2024)	Institutional Shares (59.28%) Vanguard Group Inc (14.12%) Blackrock Inc (11.49%)^[19]
20	Telenor ASA	List Bangladesh (Grameenphone) Denmark (Telenor) Finland (DNA PLC) Norway (Telenor) Pakistan (Telenor) Sweden (Telenor)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE, LTE-A, 5G NR	138.31^[20] (Q3 2024)	Government of Norway (53.97%) Public stock (41.74%) The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4.79%)
21	Viettel Group	List Burundi (Lumitel) Cambodia (Metfone) Cameroon (Nexttel) East Timor (Telemor) Haiti (Natcom) Laos (Unitel) Mozambique (Movitel) Myanmar (Mytel) Peru (Bitel) Tanzania (Halotel) Vietnam	List CDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE	110.0^[21] (Q1 2022)	Government of Vietnam
22	BSNL Mobile	India	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, HSDPA, TD-HSDPA, HSPA+ , LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced	88.94^[22] (April 2024)^{[Note 1]}	Government of India
23	NTT Docomo Inc.	Japan	List UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced	89.9^[23] (Q1 2024)	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
24	Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)	Russia Belarus	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, LTE, 5G NR	87.60^[24] (Q3 2024)	Sistema (50.8%)
25	MegaFon	Russia Tajikistan	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA LTE, LTE Advanced	77.26^[25] (Q2 2024)	AF Telecom Holding LLC (56.32%) USM Telecom LLC (43.68%)

Satellite based

This is a list of the world's five largest satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Iridium	Proprietary TDMA	0.824 (June 2016)^[26]
2	Globalstar	Proprietary CDMA	0.638 (March 2015)^[27]
3	Thuraya	Proprietary FDMA/GSM	0.260 (December 2007)^[28]	Etisalat (28%)
4	Inmarsat	Proprietary GSM	0.254 (September 2009)^[29]
5	ACeS	Dual-mode Satellite/GSM	0.020 (December 2007)

Footnotes

^ After adding subscribers of MTNL to BSNL, because MTNL will merge with BSNL.

References

^ "Monthly Customer Data". 30 September 2024.
^ "Quarterly Highlights" (PDF). 30 September 2024.
^ "Trai Press Release 89/2024" (PDF). 30 September 2024.
^ "China Telecom Monthly Reports". China Telecom Corporation. 30 September 2024.
^ "Key Financial and Performance Indicators for the First Three Quarters of 2024" (PDF). 30 September 2024.
^ "Annual Report 2023" (PDF). 31 December 2023.
^ "3Q 2024 Reports" (PDF). 30 September 2024.
^ "Q3 Press Release 2024". 29 December 2024.
^ "3Q Results 2024". 30 September 2024.
^ "Q3 Results 2024" (PDF). 30 September 2024.
^ "Interim Group Report 3Q 2024" (PDF). 30 September 2024.
^ "Trai Press Release 89/2024" (PDF). 30 September 2024.
^ "Axiata Integrated 2019 Annual Report 2023" (PDF).
^ "Annual Report 2023" (PDF). December 2023.
^ "Etisalat 2Q Report 2020" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ "Q3 2024 Results" (PDF). Ooredoo. October 2024. p. 12.
^ "Financial and Operating Information". Verizon. 24 January 2025. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025.
^ "AT&T Financial and Operational Schedules 3Q 2024" (PDF). Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "AT&T INC. Ownership summary| NASDAQ". nasdaq.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ "Telenor Group's Results Q3 2024" (PDF). 30 October 2024.
^ "Viettel Global network Q1 2022". Viettel Group. 29 March 2022.
^ "TRAI subscription data". April 2022.
^ "NTT subscribers". 12 May 2021.
^ "Финансовые и операционные результаты Группы МТС за 3 квартал 2024". mts.ru. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
^ "МегаФон подвёл финансовые итоги первого полугодия 2024 года". MegaFon. 16 August 2024.
^ "Iridium Q2 2016 Results" (PDF). 30 June 2016.
^ "Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results". Globalstar.com. 31 March 2015.
^ "Thuraya Launches SMS Info Service with CNN" (Press release). Thuraya. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010.
^ "INMARSAT HOLDINGS LIMITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS For the three and nine months ended 30 September 2009 (unaudited)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2012.

External links

List of all mobile network operators in the World divided by country